New early and initial middle bronze age materials in settlements of the Lower Tom’ region

The article contains the results of the research conducted in 2014 by the Lower Tom’ River Team of the Kuzbass archaeological mission on few multicultural sites in the South of the Lower Tom’ region. The article deals with characteristics of ceramic ware of Krokhalevo culture, Samus’ culture and Comb-Pit complex from Ivanovka-1, Ivanovka-2 and Dolgaya-2 settlements; the results of functional and morphological study of stone industry objects stratigraphically related to the ceramic complexes of the first half of II millenary BC; description of the household building of Krokhalevo population in Dolgaya-2 settlement. The authors examine the problem of relative and absolute chronology of the Krokhalevo culture complexes.